Fall 2015

Securing the Digital Landscape

Daniela Rus says: “Cybercrime may seem inevitable today, but with the right people, resources, and approach, we can change that.”

Fall 2015

Champions of the Student Experience

Karen ’85, SM ’87 and Perry ’85, SM ’87 Ha support the Public Service Center and MISTI-Korea because they provide students an opportunity to make a global impact.

Summer 2015

Rice Experiment Yields Results

Tavneet Suri’s experiment determined that the hunger season could potentially be shortened and yields increased.

Summer 2015

Catalyzing Change

“I see the impact of climate change on the world,” John Carlson (’83) says.

Spring 2015

Making It at MIT

Director Ken Stone says the Hobby Shop provides the space, instruction, and tools to anyone who wants to tinker.

Miho Mazereeuw designs a plan to guard against floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons. Photo Illustration: Len Rubenstein
Fall 2014

Preemptive Design Saving Cities

Miho Mazereeuw, founder of the Urban Risk Lab, has roots in two countries that have dealt with floods, earthquakes, and typhoons.

Xavier de Souza Briggs’s 20-year study: If people in high-poverty areas move to low-poverty areas, soon they may be no better off. Len Rubenstein
Winter 2014

Barriers to Opportunity

Xavier de Souza Briggs reveals that if people in high-poverty areas move to low-poverty areas, soon they may be no better off than before.